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It warned that some of the strikes " may amount to war crimes ", Reuters reported. The statement pledged to hold those responsible accountable, and said families of the victims would be compensated. In June, the AP reported that hundreds of detainees had been subjected to sexual abuse and torture. He said that this hostile action by the Houthi militia proves the Iranian regime's continued involvement in supporting the armed group in clear and explicit defiance of the United Nations ...

According to a police report obtained by WTOP , the situation turned violent after Silver, in her Audi A8, attempted to illegally pass the Greyhound bus and managed to sideswipe another vehicle. "You're a insane driver, you need to get off the road", said the bus driver. While he was left with bruises and scratches on his left elbow after the fall and is reported to have pain in his left hip.

People in the room clapped and social media erupted. Meghan McCain seemed to make several veiled references blasting Trump while eulogizing Arizona Senator John McCain at Washington National Cathedral. "He made us better presidents ", Obama said of McCain, and noted that the conservative lawmaker, understood that "some principles transcend politics, that some values transcend party".

Ted Cruz will face off in the general election in November. By contrast, Cruz has an effective, traditional campaign structure, battle tested by a contentious 2016 presidential foray, that is supported by an effective statewide Republican infrastructure as well as a national one intent on keeping a GOP-controlled U.S.

He relied on Lula's recent backing from the UN Human Rights Committee, which ruled that the former leader can not be disqualified from the elections as his legal appeals are ongoing. Brazil's top electoral court ruled on Friday that jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can not run in this year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction.

The Pentagon has now sought Congressional determination to reprogramme United States dollars 300 million of its Coalition Support Fund (CSF) for Pakistan "due to a lack of Pakistani decisive actions in support of the South Asia Strategy", Pentagon Spokesman Kone Faulkner told PTI .

The 92-metre yacht owned by Alberto Baillères, an 87-year-old mining magnate, has been ordered by the Hellenic Coast Guard to remain docked at the port of Argostoli , on the Ionian island of Kefalonia , while detectives interview crew members and forensic tests are carried out.

He also argued that Google's results are less "personalized" than people think, suggesting that search biases, when they come up, will be easy to spot. Antitrust laws prevent companies from abusing their power to make the market less competitive. But even without constitutional protection, the idea of regulating billions of Google searches would be an impossible task.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio is confident that women are already strong and are not helpless in the face of challenges. "They say there are many rape cases in Davao". "Maybe I will even congratulate you for having the balls to rape somebody when you know you are going to die", he had said. When he was campaigning for the presidency, he joked about the gang rape of an Australian missionary worker during a prison riot in Davao, where Duterte grew up and later served as mayor and ...

Xi and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will both chair a roundtable discussion at the summit where Chinese and African leaders will discuss China-Africa relations as well as worldwide and regional issues of common concern, the Xinhua report said.

Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. An US official told Reuters that defence secretary Jim Mattis had an opportunity to authorize $300 million in CSF if he saw concrete Pakistani actions to go after insurgents but Mattis chose not to.

The U.N. investigators said Myanmar's army administered mass killings and gang rapes with "genocidal intent" , and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for the gravest crimes under worldwide law. "There was no need for her to be the spokesperson of the Burmese military", BBC today quoted him as saying. However, Suu Kyi has remained defiant amid the global uproar, and insisted that there will be no end in sight for the Rohingya crisis unless Bangladesh fully ...

Months after the people of London witnessed a giant balloon depicting Donald Trump as an angry baby, a similar blimp of Mayor Sadiq Khan was flown over the Parliament Square in protest on Saturday. Addressing the crowd, Bruere said: "I think a certain amount of respect should be afforded to the leader of the free world and the greatest ally the United Kingdom has - the president of America".

Asian shares mostly fell Friday following a report that the Trump administration could put tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods as early as next week. While Beijing has so far responded by imposing the same amount of tariffs against the USA, it will fall short if Trump goes with his plan to impose $200 billion tariffs.

German authorities have done a random search of the suspect's home in Germany and seized "computers and phones". A preliminary investigation revealed that the assailant did not know his victims and that he did not specifically target them.

McCain's family has made it clear that the president , who routinely criticized the Arizona senator and his military record, wasn't invited to this or other services this week. "Its a politics that pretends to be fearless and tough but in fact is born in fear". "Depending on the issue, you knew John would either be your staunchest ally or your most stubborn opponent", McConnell recalled.

Congressional leaders are expected to deliver remarks at the memorial, as well as Vice-President Mike Pence. The service begins at 10:00 a.m. ET. On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden , a Democrat who shared a presidential ticket with the man who beat McCain, remembered his former Senate colleague as one of the fiercest defenders of the institution.

Police said there was an "altercation" between two groups of men before the gun was sacked. The second suspect was described as mixed-race male in his 20s, with a skinny build and standing about five-foot-nine, carrying a black handgun.

We will not let large organizations silence conservative voices". Joe Donnelly at an IN rally Thursday night, saying the state must defeat the vulnerable Democrat because "Joe's not going to vote for us on anything". It's unclear whether the photo block was successful, but the volunteer's attempt at suppressing news of the protester has backfired : the photo of him blocking the lens has gone viral today and is being published by major media outlets both in the United States and ...

Khan said this after meeting Kazuyuki Nakane, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan who called on the prime minister and congratulated him on his election victory. The PTI government was looking forward that both Islamabad and Washington together should evolve an approach that serves the mutual interests. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Joseph F.